Hungarian

edit
 
pillangó
 
pillangó (butterfly stroke)
 
pillangó (sequin)

Etymology

edit

From the pillang variant of pillog (to blink; twinkle, flicker) +‎ (present participle suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): [ˈpilːɒŋɡoː]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pil‧lan‧gó
  • Rhymes: -ɡoː

Noun

edit

pillangó (plural pillangók)

  1. butterfly (a flying insect of the order Lepidoptera)
    Synonyms: lepke, pille
  2. (swimming, colloquial) butterfly, butterfly stroke
    Synonyms: pillangózás, pillangóúszás
  3. (euphemistic) woman of the street, woman of the town, lady of the night (a female prostitute)
    Synonyms: utcalány, utcanő
    éjjeli pillangólady of the night
  4. (dialectal) spangle, sequin (a small round piece of sparkling metallic material sewn on to a garment as decoration)
    Synonym: flitter

Declension

edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative pillangó pillangók
accusative pillangót pillangókat
dative pillangónak pillangóknak
instrumental pillangóval pillangókkal
causal-final pillangóért pillangókért
translative pillangóvá pillangókká
terminative pillangóig pillangókig
essive-formal pillangóként pillangókként
essive-modal
inessive pillangóban pillangókban
superessive pillangón pillangókon
adessive pillangónál pillangóknál
illative pillangóba pillangókba
sublative pillangóra pillangókra
allative pillangóhoz pillangókhoz
elative pillangóból pillangókból
delative pillangóról pillangókról
ablative pillangótól pillangóktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pillangóé pillangóké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pillangóéi pillangókéi
Possessive forms of pillangó
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pillangóm pillangóim
2nd person sing. pillangód pillangóid
3rd person sing. pillangója pillangói
1st person plural pillangónk pillangóink
2nd person plural pillangótok pillangóitok
3rd person plural pillangójuk pillangóik

Derived terms

edit
Compound words
Expressions

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ pillangó in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)
  2. ^ pillangó in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

edit